For example, CLD has supported litigation before the Constitutional Court in Indonesia challenging the government’s power to block websites, before the High Court of Islamabad on interpreting the common law doctrine of “contempt of court” and before the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in a case challenging the failure of the State to regulate broadcasting in a manner which protects the right of the pub. [...] In response to the petition, the Cesar Government indicated that it was operating according to X’s policies and defending against the journalist’s “attacks” (“ataques”) to protect the rights of privacy, honour, good name and presumption of innocence of the government and its officers.2 The Cesar Government did not remove the block. [...] The first instance court rejected the petition on a procedural point related to whether the request sent by FLIP constituted a proper exhaustion of ordinary means to resolve the rights violation.3 The court at the second instance focused its assessment on the proportionality of the block in light of alleged harms to the reputation of public officials in certain X posts by Mr. [...] The Court stressed the harm to freedom of expression and to the right to information, the severity of which was heightened because the block applied not only to the one post but prevented future interactions with the mayor’s account. [...] Delegations of the authority to restrict fundamental rights are possible “provided that such delegations are authorized by the Constitution, are exercised within the limits imposed by the Constitution and the delegating law, and that the exercise of the power delegated is subject to effective controls, so that it does not impair nor can it be used to impair the fundamental nature of the rights and.
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Table of Contents
- INTERVENTION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN PROCEEDING T-9.973.884 1
- RELATING TO THE TUTELA ACTION BROUGHT BY JOSÉ MANUEL VEGA DE LA 1
- CRUZ AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF VALLEDUPAR 1
- Toby Mendel Executive Director Centre for Law and Democracy 39 Chartwell Lane Halifax N.S. B3M 3S7 Canada Tel 1 902 431-3686 1
- Laura Notess Senior Legal Officer Centre for Law and Democracy Tel 1 782 234-4471 1
- Summary of the Argument 2
- ......................................................................................................................... 3 2
- Statement of CLD Interest and Expertise 2
- ................................................................................................. 3 2
- Statement of Facts 2
- ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2
- Freedom of Expression and Access to Information under International Law 2
- ...................................... 5 2
- The right to freedom of expression ........................................................................................................... 5 2
- The right to access information ................................................................................................................. 7 2
- Journalists ................................................................................................................................................. 8 2
- The rights to freedom of expression and access to information online ..................................................... 9 2
- Approaches to Social Media Blocks by Official Accounts Politicians or Public Officials in National Courts 2
- ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 2
- International Standards Applying the Three-Part Test to Social Media Blocks 2
- ................................ 15 2
- Social media blocks by government accounts should be provided by law .......................................... 16 2
- Social media blocks by government accounts should have a legitimate aim .......................................... 19 2
- Social media blocks by government accounts should be necessary and proportionate .......................... 21 2
- ........................ 24 2
- Conclusion 2
- ................................................................................................................................................. 26 2
- Summary of the Argument 3
- Statement of CLD Interest and Expertise 3
- Statement of Facts 4
- Freedom of Expression and Access to Information under International Law 5
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights American Convention on Human Rights amicus curiae European Convention on Human Rights African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 5
- Claude Reyes v. Chile 7
- Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression in Africa 7
- Kalda v. Estonia 10
- Approaches to Social Media Blocks by Official Accounts Politicians or Public Officials in National Courts 11
- Robinson v. Hunt 11
- Davison v. Randall 12
- Knight v. Trump 12
- International Standards Applying the Three-Part Test to Social Media Blocks 15
- Claude Reyes v. Chile 18
- Claude Reyes 18
- Robinson v. Hunt 20
- Sanchez v. France 22
- Freedom of expression and reputational harm in the context of social media blocks 24
- Inter-American Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression 25
- Conclusion 26
